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Handling Storms at Sea : the Five Secrets of Heavy Weather Sailing

H ANDLING S TORMS

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Overleaf: What is blue-water sailing really like when it’s stormy and big seas are running? Here’s my Santa

Cruz 50 hurrying eastward near Marion Island in the Southern Ocean. The ever-faithful windvane is

steering nicely while I play with the mainsail reefs and adjust the sails as the boat races through the water

and makes great whooshing sounds as she surfs forward on a wave. You know that the yacht will rise up as

the next crest comes, but sometimes you wonder if she is buoyant enough. You take a deep breath and say a

silent prayer.